Elif Bet
a house-warming party
with a play reading dropped in the middle
Every season,
the Elif team invites our community members into a cozy space in NYC to hear an early-draft play.
The letters "Elif" and "Bet" begin the Semitic alphabets. They are the first two building blocks for dozens of languages. The Elif Bet Play Reading Series celebrates beginnings and makes the audience a building block from the very first draft. "Bet" means house—and that's where you are, at home with us.
The evening begins and ends with a gathering, an opportunity for artists in our community to get to know each other. In the middle, actors from our community will read the play draft for the first time.
Welcome + Gathering
Play Reading
Talkback
Gathering + Close
Join us at an Elif Bet soon.
Upcoming
Sunday July 6th @ 6:30PM
The Last Sonic on Earth
by Sabrina Carlier
Hayes and Collin work at “The Last Sonic On Earth”. Well, not the “last” Sonic on Earth, just the last one where they roller skate to your car. After a roller skating incident and a classmate, Aubrey, begins working with them, the three teenagers are thrown in the face of toxic masculinity. “The Last Sonic On Earth” is a coming of age tale about carcinogenic soda, primary color castles, and all the ways boyhood is wielded against us all.
Past Readings
